Automobile-Engine Hood and Drain-Trough Therefor. (open access)

Automobile-Engine Hood and Drain-Trough Therefor.

Patent for the creation of "an improved automobile hood and particularly drain trough" (lines 12-14) that have been adapted in order to reduce the risk of water leaking into the vehicle's engine.
Date: March 30, 1920
Creator: Stowe, George B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade-Operation-Lever. (open access)

Window-Shade-Operation-Lever.

Patent for an invention that provides a simple and relatively inexpensive means for operating window shades without involving a spring roller.
Date: March 18, 1919
Creator: Lee, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tape Feeding And Checking Register (open access)

Tape Feeding And Checking Register

Patent for an improved register that can verify transactions
Date: March 30, 1920
Creator: Greenwalt, Jesse Austin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protector for Type-Writer Frames. (open access)

Protector for Type-Writer Frames.

Patent for typewriter frame protector. The protector attaches to the part of the typewriter frame which is subjected to frequent contact by the user. The protector prevents the frame from wear which can lead to rust.
Date: March 12, 1918
Creator: Glasscock, Gerald A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Records of Wells, Drillers' Logs, Water-Level Measurements, and Chemical Analyses of Ground Water in Harris and Galveston Counties, Texas, 1975-79 (open access)

Records of Wells, Drillers' Logs, Water-Level Measurements, and Chemical Analyses of Ground Water in Harris and Galveston Counties, Texas, 1975-79

Report on new water wells in Harris and Galveston Counties, with hydrologic data, location, completion, logs, levels, and chemical quality.
Date: March 1984
Creator: Ratzlaff, Karl W.; Bonnet, C. W. & Coplin, L. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Records of Wells, Drillers' Logs, Water-Level Measurements, and Chemical Analysis of Ground Water in Harris and Galveston Counties, Texas, 1970-74 (open access)

Records of Wells, Drillers' Logs, Water-Level Measurements, and Chemical Analysis of Ground Water in Harris and Galveston Counties, Texas, 1970-74

Report documenting data collected regarding wells in Harris and Galveston Counties, including results of chemical analyses.
Date: March 1976
Creator: Naftel, W. L.; Vaught, Kenneth & Fleming, Bobbie
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Estimated Number of Dredge Tows Required to Detect Changes in Oyster Abundance in Galveston Bay (open access)

Estimated Number of Dredge Tows Required to Detect Changes in Oyster Abundance in Galveston Bay

This report is about estimated number of Dredge Tows required to detect changes in Oyster abundance in Galveston Bay.
Date: March 1986
Creator: Matlock, Gary C. & Hofstetter, Robert P.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for an improved wrench that is effective and durable. Illustration and description included.
Date: March 28, 1916
Creator: Collier, Frank A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soldiering Irons or Copper (open access)

Soldiering Irons or Copper

Patent for Soldiering Iron or Copper
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Edwards, Claude M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Rim. (open access)

Collapsible Rim.

Patent for a collapsible rim for wheels, particularly the wheels of motor vehicles, to provide ease in changing tires. Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date: March 20, 1917
Creator: Rogers, Francis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life-Saving Device. (open access)

Life-Saving Device.

Patent for a collapsible life-saving device that can be stored in little space on a ship or dock and unfolded quickly for use as a flotation device for several persons.
Date: March 18, 1913
Creator: Bradford, Thomas C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 1998-1999 (open access)

Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 1998-1999

A continuation of the long-term monitoring of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary coral reef habitats, using a variety of methods to asses the changes in said reef communities.
Date: March 2002
Creator: Dokken, Quenton R.; MacDonald, Ian R.; Tunnell, John W., Jr.; Wade, Terry; Beaver, Carl R.; Childs, Susan A. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Assessment: Construction of Direct Connectors (open access)

Environmental Assessment: Construction of Direct Connectors

Report on the environmental assessment of a proposed road construction project.
Date: March 2008
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cash-Box (open access)

Cash-Box

Patent for "a device adapted for persons making a great number of small collections, such as railway conductors" (lines 8-10).
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Peetz, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Expressing the Fluids Out of Paraffin Compositions and Separating the Scale Therefrom (open access)

Apparatus for Expressing the Fluids Out of Paraffin Compositions and Separating the Scale Therefrom

Patent for an apparatus for expressing the fluids out of paraffin compositions and separating the scale therefrom. Illustrations included.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Hansen, Julius
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Device (open access)

Amusement Device

Patent for an amusement device. This invention uses a ballast and simulates the appearance and motion of a floating ship under way. Illustrations included.
Date: March 28, 1911
Creator: Corneliussen, Ivar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Construction. (open access)

Window Construction.

Patent for window construction improvements to allow for construction of fireproof windows with fireproof sashes which are easily removable for repair or replacement. Improvements include method of securing glass in sashes without using putty, and sashes which will close automatically when subjected to "an unusually high temperature" (line 29).
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Miller, William Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap for Crustacea (open access)

Trap for Crustacea

Patent for a trap used to catch various crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters. Illustrations included.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Franklin, Robert M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Pump (open access)

Hydraulic Pump

Patent for a hydraulic pump. Illustration included.
Date: March 7, 1905
Creator: Russell, Robert H.; Arnold, Clifton W. & Sheldon, Walter L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spirit-Level. (open access)

Spirit-Level.

Patent for a spirit level that is simple in construction and can easily determine vertical and horizontal planes accurately.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Martin, Johann
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Window. (open access)

Fireproof Window.

Patent for the Fireproof Window that reduces the construction cost and provide means for automatically closing the lower sash based on the predetermined temperature.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Miller, William Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Window Construction (open access)

Fireproof Window Construction

Patent for construction of a fireproof window from sheet metal. This invention is to "provide means for removing or replacing the lower sash in the window frame" (line 18-20). Illustration included.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Miller, William Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Rail Joint. (open access)

Railroad-Rail Joint.

Patent for new and useful improvements in railroad rail joints, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1900
Creator: Hopping, Samuel Miller
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ratchet Wrench (open access)

Ratchet Wrench

Patent for a ratchet wrench. Illustration included.
Date: March 1, 1910
Creator: Perussina, Samuel P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History